- Licensed inCalifornia
- License30923
- NPI 1679334262
- Experience23+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Jennifer
Dr. Jennifer Cowen is a California psychologist with 23 years of clinical experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She combines practical strategies with close listening to help people manage day-to-day problems and make meaningful changes.
Dr. Cowen aims to create a calm, steady space where people can talk through what matters most to them. She trained at UCLA for her doctoral degree and completed advanced postdoctoral work focused on early childhood.
Background and approach
That background informs how she thinks about attachment, development, and care across the lifespan. Her clinical work draws on research and evaluated methods rather than one single technique. In sessions she mixes talk-based approaches with hands-on skills practice.
That might mean noticing patterns in thinking, trying new ways to respond to stress, or focusing on emotional experience in the moment. She also works with people who are neurodivergent, including those with ADHD and autism spectrum concerns. Dr.
Cowen helps with a wide range of issues beyond mood and anxiety, including caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image, eating and sleep problems, and workplace concerns like career coaching and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with adoption, abandonment, blended family challenges, and communication problems. Her license is CA Psychologist 30923 and she practices in California.
She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging and communicates in English.
Credentials
- Psychologist (California)
- License 30923 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1679334262 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jennifer lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment and action-focused approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and early bonds. Online sessions can help people notice how attachment experiences show up today and try new ways of relating to others and themselves. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches simple skills to accept difficult feelings while committing to meaningful actions. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing life changes by clarifying values and building small habits.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to emphasize attachment work, ACT skills, or a blend of approaches, and revisit that plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat is useful for focused check-ins, and text messaging supports brief ongoing contact or journaling prompts. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while using therapeutic methods that match the person’s needs.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, grief, trauma, relationship and family issues, ADHD, sleep and eating problems, self-esteem, career concerns, and many related topics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and conversational, combining listening with practical skills practice. Sessions often include noticing emotional patterns, trying new responses, and working toward clear goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of clinical experience, including doctoral training at UCLA and postdoctoral specialization in early childhood work.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is licensed as CA Psychologist 30923 and practices in California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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